Last week, in what could become one of America's historical milestones, the country's Boy Scouts Organisation (BSA) has decided to overturn a ban to allow young boy gays and homosexuals to join its programs. In as much as it just maintained an open mind to the changing times, critics took no time to conclude the organisation has created its own calendar timeline to doomsday.

"The Boy Scouts of America: Born Feb. 8, 1910 - Died May 23, 2013. May it rest in peace," Matt Barber wrote in the Gazette Blog.

Approved 61 per cent by the 1,400 Boy Scout leaders from across America, the BSA explained the resolution "reinforces that Scouting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting."

"No youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone," the resolution said.

The historical vote, which occurred at the organization's annual conference in Grapevine, Texas, will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014

Immediately, a wave of disgust ensued to the organisation's changing albeit welcoming attitude towards young boy gays and homosexuals.

"Sadly, the Boy Scouts' legacy of producing great leaders has become yet another casualty of moral compromise," Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, was quoted at www.wnd.com. "Unfortunately, Boy Scout delegates capitulated to strong-arm tactics and abandoned the timeless values that have served the organization well for more than 100 years."

"The BSA has been a disappointment."

"It's a sad day for Scouting," John Stemberger, founder of OnMyHonor.net, said.

Mr Stemberger questioned just how the organization will put together straight and gay members together.

Current practice dictates not to put boys and girls to sleep together. "Why? Because they're attracted to each other," Mr Stemberger said.

So what happens now to the straight and gay members? "Either you put homosexual boys with other boys and put them at risk, or segregate gay scouts from heterosexual ones by putting them in separate tents, which in any way is still translated to discriminatory."

In any case, the Boy Scout officials didn't foster a "robust discussion and honest information" on the matter, Mr Stemberger said. "They hid information from the delegates."

Faith Groups OKs BSA Move

However, in a very direct contradiction, America's faith groups, the Catholic Church, the United Methodist Church and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, expressed they will continue to support the 103-year-old organisation despite the change.

"The most recent revision of the Membership Standards of the Boy Scouts states that 'no youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone.' The church agrees that no group should reduce a person to their sexual orientation or proclivity," according to a statement by the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver.

"However, the moral formation of youth must include a firm commitment to respecting and promoting an authentic vision of sexuality rooted in the Gospel itself." The Archdiocese of Denver likewise pointed out that even as it allows parish-chartered Scouting organizations, it would remain "steadfast in articulating a Christian understanding of human dignity and sexuality."

Discrimination Still Present

But observers still believe the BSA did not totally give up its discriminatory stance against gays and homosexuals. After all, although it will accept youth gays and homosexuals, when they turn 18 years old, it is automatically understood that they already need to leave the organization for good.

Moreover, policy still maintains that gays, homosexuals lesbian adults cannot serve as leaders.

"In excluding men 18 and older, it returns to open discrimination against gay men who are presumed guilty of something - being a normal guy and sexually active - and the BSA is perpetuating the assumption that no boy is safe when a gay man is around," columnist Peg McEntee wrote in Salt Lake Tribune.